BLOCK DIAGRAM STATE MODEL
C-2
Fig. C.2 Block diagram for the RLC network.
Using the block diagram reduction technique we obtain the transfer function as
)/(1)/(
)/(1
)(
)(
2
LCsLRs
LC
sU
sY
++
= (C.6)
A block diagram state model of a system is useful in that the system differential equations can be
written down directly from the diagram. The diagram may also be recognized as being
equivalent to an analog computer diagram. Also, since there can be more than one set of state
variables describing a system, there can be more than one possible form for the block diagram
state model.
Problem
Draw the block diagram state model for the system described by the following set of equations.
212111
2221212221212
2121112121111
xcxcy
ububxaxax
ububxaxax
+=
+++=
=
&
&
It is often a difficult task to determine a set of first-order differential equations describing the
system. This may be, for example, due to a lack of information concerning the internal structure
of the system and its behavior. Frequently it is simpler to derive the transfer function of a system
or deduce it from the experimentally determined frequency response.
The block diagram state model can be readily derived from the transfer function of a system. In
general, a transfer function may be represented as
01
1
1
01
1
1
)(
)(
)(
asasasa
bsbsbsb
sU
sY
sG
n
n
n
n
m
m
m
m
++++
++++
==
−
−
−
−
L
L
(C.7)
where n ≥ m and all the a and b coefficients are real positive numbers.
In order to illustrate the derivation of the block diagram state model, let us first consider the
fourth-order transfer function
01
2
2
3
3
4
4
1
)(
)(
)(
asasasasa
sU
sY
sG
++++
== (C.8)